At 03:55 PM 2/12/2002 +0100, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
We've had 30 years where the way to add a new name was to implement
support for it and release new software, acts which requires quite a bit
of thought. Certainly not something one tends to do frivolously.
A registry without _any_ threshold might end up like alt.config. Having to
write a spec, provide a forum for discussion and go through a two-week
discussion (or wait two weeks for comments) isn't much of a barrier, but
should be enough.
Writing a spec that has one's name on it very much IS a barrier.
> It does not make sense to fix a problem that does not exist, and create
> substantial extra work and delay?
Agreed. But I think "write spec; set up mailing list; deal with comments"
usually would be less work than "implement feature;
less work, perhaps, but that does not make it insufficient.
repeat 10 times: this is a registry, not a standards process.
d/
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